I wasn’t home this morning, and from the article, it didn’t air in New York State. I’m surprised that it didn’t, since they pop up on my TV at all hours of the day. They do a weekly and monthly test, plus whenever there’s a weather advisory. I record all the programs I watch, and unfortunately, the damn things air even during viewing of a recorded program. I end up having to pause the program, and mute the TV as I can’t stand the abrasive alert sound.

In the 90’s, I spent a lot of time going through Civil War military and pension records at the National Archives. I can’t tell you how many records couldn’t be found because they were still in the hands of the VA. At one point I had to write my Congressman about it, and he in turn contacted the VA who made special arrangements for me to go to Buffalo to view the list of records I wanted to see. There aren’t any Civil War veterans still alive, and at this point in history, I’m not sure there are any widows left receiving benefits, but if there are, those are the only records that should be in the hands of the VA.

I’ve used small padlocks approved by the TSA on all my flight...here and overseas. If they’re approved, I’m assuming they have master keys for the various brands. I don’t fly that often, and as far as I know, my bags have never been searched. My son uses the same type of locks when he flies, both here and overseas, and has had his bags searched several times. As far as all baggage handlers having access to the master keys, in a perfect world, control of these keys would be limited only to the people who actually search the bags, and they would have to sign them out and back in after their shift ends...but this isn’t a perfect world.

I’m sorry to hear you had a bad day, and I’m sure you’ve heard that better days are coming. They are. It’s just hard to see that when you’re going through all this. I have a friend whose daughter-in-law had both her breasts removed when she was in her 30’s. She recovered fully from that, but had two other bouts with cancer...different types each time, and in different places. She’s in her late 40’s now, and has been doing well for several years. We never know what the good Lord has in store for us so we can only hope for the best, and strive for that. Keep thinking positive thoughts despite treatments that sap your strength. We’re praying for you, so keep up the good fight.

She should have put a BOLO out on the guy and his car when he took off on her the first time. It wasn’t imperative to bring him in at that precise moment, especially for having vehicle violations, which was the reason she initially stopped him. They could have issued an arrest warrant that could be executed later. I can understand her frustration over him taking off on her, but she should have called for back-up once he’d stopped at his sister’s house and took off running. If she’d incapacitated him with a stun gun as the article says, she should have immediately cuffed him while he was laying on the ground.

The State Department in mid-February admitted it wasn't sharing certain info on the talks with Israel:

"'I think it is safe to say not everything you are hearing from the Israeli government is an accurate reflection of the details of the talks,' said Psaki, who acknowledged that the State Department is withholding some details from the Israelis out of concern they will share them more broadly."

So in February, the White Hut is saying that Israel's statements on the talks weren't accurate. Now, a month later...after Bibi has won re-election, the White Hut is saying Israel spied on the talks and shared the info with Congress. They don't seem to be able to keep their stories straight. What else is new.

I hope they did spy since it's the only way we'd ever know what concessions the White Hut was offering Iran. I can't believe though that there haven't been a few people involved in these talks who hasn't blabbed to outsiders at some point since the talks began.

I decided not to upgrade to Yosemite since I don’t have any iOS devices to use with it, and don’t plan on getting any. I weighed the options of what it would offer me, and decided I’m perfectly happy with keeping 10.9.5 on my MacBook Pro.

"I remember a physician coming to my familys home and providing health care years before the Keynian Katastrophe was born."

Me too. We didn't have a car, and the same doctor who delivered us made house calls to treat us when we were sick. I had a lot of ear infections, and the doctor would come and give me a shot of penicillin in the rear end.

Thanks for reminding me. I already have it on my "upcoming shows" list.

French and Canadian studios have filmed a new mini-series titled "Versailles." It will be in English, so I'm hoping it will make it to one of the channels in the U.S., Netflix or Amazon eventually. George Blagden who plays Athelstan on History's "Vikings," will play King Louis XIV. Word is they are already in production for the second season of this show. It's supposed to premier on a pay channel in France in November, with distribution to other networks world-wide afterwards. Parts of the series have been filmed at the actual palace.

I watched “The White Queen” as well and enjoyed it. PBS will be showing “Wolf Hall” starting April 5th. It’s the fictionalized biography of Thomas Cromwell during the reign of Henry VIII. It’s based on the first two novels of a trilogy by Hilary Mantel. Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers and Homeland tv series) stars as Henry VIII. I have been interested in British history for quite some time. I was fortunate enough to have visited the UK and Ireland. I also read a lot of British medieval mystery series.